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CHEMEXCIL
Basic Chemicals, Cosmetics & Dyes Export Promotion Council
(Set-up by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India)
Jhansi Castle, 4th Floor, 7 Cooperage Road, Mumbai - 400 001.India.
Tel : +91 22 22021288 / * Fax : +91 22 22026684
* E-mail : info@chemexcil.gov.in Web : https://chemexcil.gov.in
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EPC/LIC/MEIS
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19th Feb 2018
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ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
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MEIS
Important directives for processing of application for MEIS claims under
Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20
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Dear Members,
Delays in issuance of MEIS scrip due to mismatch in description of items in Shipping Bill vis-à-vis MEIS schedule has been a long-standing issue for exporters. In this regard, council has also regularly sent representations to O/o DGFT HQ, New Delhi for amendments in such item codes (specially falling in “others” category).
Taking cognizance of the issues faced by the trade & industry, the O/o DGFT New Delhi has issued Public Notice no. 62/2015-2020 dated 16/02/2018 giving Important directives for processing of application for MEIS claims under Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20. This will allow processing of MEIS claims for majority of items based only on ITC HS code mentioned in Shipping Bill.
For the sake of convenience of the members, the important points of the above-said PN are reproduced/ highlighted as follows:
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Ø Except for the ITC(HS) Codes specified in Annexure to this Public Notice, for all other notified ITC(HS) Codes in Table 2 of Appendix 3B of HBP, Regional Authority (RA) shall process applications for MEIS claim only on the basis of ITC (HS) Code as specified in the Shipping bill. In respect of the ITC (HS) Codes specified in Annexure to this Public notice, Regional Authority (RA) shall continue to process the applications for MEIS claim after matching the description as well in the Shipping Bill with Export Product Description in Table 2 of Appendix 3B. The list of ITC(HS) Codes in the Annexure to this Public Notice is likely to change from time to time.
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As far as chemical sector items are concerned very few items are kept out of this relaxation (HS Code. 33019031, 33074900, 38085900 etc).
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Ø The Directives in this Public Notice shall be followed for all applications which have not been finalized (finalized would mean that either the Scrip has been granted or applications in which DGFT HQs or the RAs have already rejected a claim) as on date of issue of this Public Notice. Thus, past cases which have been decided will not be re- assessed based on the Directives in this Public Notice.
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The above said PN no. 62 is available for download using below link-
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PUBLIC NOTICE NO.
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DATE
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SUBJECT
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62/2015-2020
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16.02.2018
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Directives for processing of application for MEIS claims under Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20
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http://dgft.gov.in/Exim/2000/PN/PN17/PN%2062%20english.pdf
Members are requested to take note of this relaxation/ directive and pursue with the concerned DGFT RA, in case your MEIS claim is pending due to description mismatch. In case of persistent issues, please write to the council on e-mail id- deepak.gupta@chemexcil.gov.in & balani.lic@chemexcil.gov.in.
Thanking You,
Yours faithfully,
(S.G. Bharadi)
Executive Director
CHEMEXCIL
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